Barça dives fuel Mourinho fears

Jose Mourinho is warning his players to beware of Barcelona players diving when the two teams meet in the Champions League tomorrow night, and his concerns can only have been multiplied by the performance of the former Chelsea favourite, Eidur Gudjohnsen, in Barça's victory over Recreativo Huelva on Saturday night.

After 28 minutes the Icelandic forward hit the turf in the penalty area. The referee, González Vázquez, pointed to the spot and booked the defender Mario Alvarez before Ronaldinho scored from the spot to put Barça on their way to a 3-0 win. Afterwards, the Chelsea manager's analysis of Barcelona's intentions was matched by that of the local press.

It said the striker had "fabricated" the dive and described him as "picaresque". Recreativo's president, Francisco Mendoza, added: "It was a disgrace. Instead of a penalty, the referee should have given a yellow card to Gudjohnsen. He spent the whole game diving."

Chelsea's first-choice forwards Didier Drogba and Andriy Shevchenko, who are injury worries, travelled to Barcelona with the rest of the squad yesterday. Drogba, who was substituted at half-time on Saturday with a foot injury, is thought to be the more likely to play at Camp Nou.